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The Day's Work
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, Long Island, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1930. Reprint. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering on spine with blind-stamped border and viking ship with billowing sail. Illustrated with eight full-page drawings on glossy paper by W. D. Stevens, W. Louis Sonntag, Jr., E. L. Blumenschein, and W. L. Taylor. . Gilt on spine faded, head and heel of spine mildly worn, former owner's name in pencil on ffep, else near fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, and square. VERY GOOD. . B&W Plates. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. x, 431 pp .
Synopsis
The Day's Work contains twelve of Kipling's tales that focus on work, employment, and labor from different perspectives. Some of the stories include: "A Walking Delegate," "The Bridge-Builders," "The Tomb of His Ancestors," and "William the Conquerer," among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27837
- Title
- The Day's Work
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- W. D. Stevens
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Reprint. Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, Long Island, NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Literature;, Fiction;, Novels;, Kipling;, Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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